Alfredo shared this poignant documentary with me called Global Voices: T-Shirt Travels. It’s a story that follows a young African man who sells secondhand clothes at his local market. The clothes are distinctly non native and somewhat disturbingly American. Clothes that we have decidedly given up on and donate to charity are then sold by these [...]

i recently met jennifer salazar who is a regional representative for the kca college program. this program provides the tools for high school and college students to create an action organization on their campus that supports the mission of keep a child alive.  please visit their website at www.kcacollege.com, where you can view the existing [...]

so why has fybut decided to champion the mission of keep a child alive?

because AIDS is a deadly epidemic that is not going away. the sheer numbers of millions that have died from this disease, needlessly, and the millions that will die from this disease, needlessly, without action, are staggering and the magnitude of [...]

this post contains the trailer for the documentary, alicia in africa: journey to the motherland. you can watch the video in its entirety at www.aliciainafrica.com or on the kca myspace page.
here is an excerpt from the official press release of the documentary.
“Alicia in Africa, directed by South African filmmaker Earle Sebastian, shows us an Africa [...]

over the next few days, we will be sharing a series of posts about the organization keep a child alive. you can read our original post that talks about the red1 design, keep a child alive’s mission and how we came across them, here.
this first post in the series contains excerpts from an article [...]

i developed a desire early on for helping others. i was in 5th grade when i started to tutor kindergarten kids and i remember my first pupil; his name was sunni and he was quiet and shy but when he smiled, you knew that he would live up to his name. from that [...]